america" later today, and you can find all the latest information any time at abcnews.com. president obama is calling the weekend government assault on civilian protesters in syria horrifying. at least 75 people were killed in one of the bloodiest days since the uprising began last march. one eyewitness said many more are likely dead. but people are too afraid to go out into the streets to collect the bodies. the prototters are trying to force the president of syria out of office. and in guyana, a horrifying plane crash left the plane in pieces, yet miraculously, all 162 people on board survived. abc's aviation correspondent lisa stark has the story. >> reporter: for those on board it was a terrifying landing. >> i told my friend, you know, man, we going to die, we going to tie. >> reporter: the plane skidded off the end of the runway in rain and darkness. it split into two. >> it happened suddenly. everybody was hysterical. >> reporter: passengers scrambled to get out. >> we have to jump out of the

plane. >> reporter: amazingly, everyone survived. >> it was serious. the plane practically broke in two. so that we should be very grateful for that. >> reporter: caribbean airline flight 523 started in new york's jfk airport, stopped in trinidad, then on to guyana. it was 1:30 in the morning and raining when the plane touched down and kept going, through a fence and on to a dirt road. the first thing investigators are going to look at are what we call the flight dynamics. where did they touch down on the runway? how far down? was s too far? was there water on the runway that would have let them hydroplane on a thin film of water? >> reporter: was pilot fatigue a factor? with the boeing landing in the wee hours of the morning? about 30 planes a year worldwide run off the side or the end of a runway according to a study by the flight safety foundation. most of this happens on landing and most, such as this accident in jamaica in 2009, are not fatal.

the passengers on the caribbean airlines flight inuyana were indeed lucky. there was no fire. and the jet stopped just short of a 200-foot ravine. another key question, did the pilots of this plane forget to open the wing flaps that would have been critical for slowing the plane down on landing? it appears from the pictures they may not have been deployed. the black boxes have been recovered. they will help unravelhis accident. lisa stark, abc news, washington. and the frantic search continues for a missing new hampshire girl who was last seen nearly a week ago. divers searched a pond yesterday for clues to the disappearance of 11-year-old celina cass. her father pleaded for the girl's return. he was in the hospital when she disappeared. >> if she hears me now, tell her daddy's okay now, i'm getting much better, i'm recovering from the hospital. so whenever you're ready to come home, daddy will be here for you, waiting for you.

whoever else can give information to the officers who are in charge, state troopers and warrant police station, any of the officers, be gratefef, my appreciation. >> the fbi is offering a $25,000 reward for information in the case and a community member has added another $5,000. he may be the fbi's most elusive fugitive, but now the law enforcement agency says it has a promising new lead in the d.b. cooper mystery. he was the only person to ever hijack a plane and never be caught. he parachuted from a commercial jet somewhere over the north west, taking with him $200,000 in ransom money. the fbi is not saying what this new clue is just yet but the agency says it is the best lead that it's had in decades. a bizarre case there. >> it is a fascinating mystery. people have been obsessed with this. >> they don't even know whether d.b. is a life or dead at this point. >> a lot of conspiracy theories vowing this one too. here's your monday forecast.

severe storms from the dakotas to michigan and the northeast. scattered thunderstorms from omaha to kansas city to little rock, new orleans and d e carolinas. heavy monsoon downpours from albuquerque to denver and salt lake city. >> a mild 74 in seattle. 93 in boise. 99 in colorado springs. near 90 in minneapolis, chicago and detroit. dallas hits 107. still way too hot down there. new orleans meanwhile at 94. atlanta 93. 91 here in new york. 89 in boston. >> i'm glad it's cooled off relatively here. >> nice little break. there's a new kind of rodeo wowing crowds in idaho and there's not a horse, cattle or cowboy in sight. >> instead, the western states rodeo is all backhoes and hard hats. it's a search for the best heavy equipment operator in the northwest. every participant has to demonstrate their skill in several events including tire stacking and navigating through an obstacle course. >> that's tricky. the top contenders will compete at the end of the month for a

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when you think of somalia you might think of the pirates who have hijacked so many ships over the years. but that is only one piece of proof that somalia is a truly failed state. >> and more proof, the tens of thousands of starving people on the move trying to reach refugee camps in nearby kenya. abc's david muir is in somalia, the first american correspondent there. >> reporter: we flew into mogadishu with the u.n. they now say the crisis here in somalia is by far the most serious food emergency in the world. and this week is the first of the aid to reach the city's

capital. there was something else. a gun battle. african peacekeepers trying to protect the food and the fragile government here firing deadly shots at islamic militants. members of al shabaab who have a grip on much of this country. this increase cise is at a breaking point. tens of thousands fled this country by foot. some walking more than 100 miles to neighboring kenya, traveling what the u.n. calls the roads of death. we traveled the perilous route too. and then this mother sitting beneath a tree. she was almost there. how long was her journey? ten days, she tells us. these are alal her belongings from somalia? yes, she says. her own children have run ahead to the tents that now pepper the horizon. the first sign these refugees are nearing the camps. the children who race to keep up with us, their smilele have

returned. the number of refugees swelling in the desert outskirts. so many now that the doctors have come to them. >> this is an ambulance? >> yes, ambulance. >> reporter: they take us inside their makeshift clinic. >> so this is the waiting area here? >> reporter: mothers putting their children in hanging buckets to weigh them. the hunger has now spread here beyond the most susceptible, beyond babies and toddlers. it's the older children too. but they say if they can just get them the nutrients, you'd soon see what we did. doctors without borders allowed our camera into their intensive care unit at the refugee camp. when we saw this little girl, tiny bones and her sagging skin, the hospital director immediately told us he saw something else. she was sitting up. for the first time. she's only been here two days? there is the fird day?

and you can say that she's going to be okay? >> yes. she's going to be okay. >> reporter: so many families waiting for that food. whililwe were at the airport today the world food program did deliver 14 tons of those nutritional sup problems, those mini meals forchildren. as we also discovered today, making sure those meals get to the right people is proving to be an enormous and dangerous challenge here as well. david muir, abc news. >> there's a heart-breaking story. >> it really is. >> it's good to see some of the aid making it in. some of it, to more than 2 million people, aid can't get there because it's being blocked there. just crushing. people literally dying, thousands of them, because they can't get the goods that they need to live reserve and if you want to figure out how you can help, go to abcnews.com/help. more information for folks who want to do something. >> drought and famine, they need all the help they can get. get on the website and give what you can. david's done a great job reporting there. he'll be there all week so stay tuned for all of his stories and

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welcome back, everybody. >> very exciting. >> we of course know the queen of daytime talk, oprah winfrere left her show in grand fashion back in may to start her own network. another black eye for the network. jenny mccarthy who blogged on opr oprah's website. apparently was developing a show for oprah's network but is now backing out of the project and instead shopping the show to nbc, getting out of the own. according to reports she didn't

like the way producers were kind of taking the direction of her show so she kind of packed her bags and said, i am out of here. one source told fox news jenny wasn't thrilled the direction that own producers were going with the show so she is out of there. leaving own for nbc. >> how wise is that to t tn your back on the big "o" i wonder? >> i don't get it. don't doubt oprah, i don't know. >> we'll see. all right, "the daily news" is reporting that "the sunday mirror" is reporting that amy winehouse was about to adopt a 10-year-old caribbean girl. she was in the process of going through with this adoption when she died last week. apparently she spent a lot of time at a resort on the island of st. lucia where she met 10-year-old danica augustine whose mother runs a resort. she calls the worst thing that ever happened to me, meaning amy winehouse's death. really, really sad. >> maybe she needed to deal with

before child-rearing. >> adopting a child, yeah. that's's big, big step to take. >> interesting tidbit, the more we find out since her passing. pippa middleton, a name we all know as much as kate middleton these days. apparently according to some plastic surgeons we've been quoting in the news now, guess what the latest craze is. the pippa butt lift. apparently people, in that white dress, loved pippa's backside. >> she has a nice derriere. >> you think it's no kim kardashian, i understand. >> all i'm saying, one point on this issue. i think she's an attractive woman with a certain degree of sex appeal. how do w go from j. lo and kardashian to a very different look on pippa? i'm just saying it's not my preference. but god bless. it is a new craze. that's okay, i'll take the phone calls. i'll take out facebook. i will defend thehe.k.s and the j. los of the world and they're very well-rounded people. >> meatloaf fans got a big scare

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not name her the head of the did agency that she helped create. and finally this half hour, our favorite story of the day. oh, man. >> it's monday, we're all a little slow, it's all right. summer camp usually means being outdoors, swimming, hiking, crummy food, things like that. >> at stanford university, school catchers are spending all their time indoors at their computers hoping to create the next great app. >> an iphone game. it's kind of like based on mario kind of. >> reporter: margaret chan's developing a classic-style video game called gem collectors. >> you're trying to collect all the gems in each level. >> reporter: it's sure to be a hit with kids. margaret would know that better than anyone. you're how old? >> 10. >> reporter: welcome to app camp. it's a one-week program on the stanford campus that gives middle schoolers a taste of software development. you're classmates are playing video games and you're making

video games. >> feels like i'm on top. >> reporter: a falling blocks gaga. >> top all the green blocks without having the red blocks fall off the platform. >> reporter: he and his classmates are in the debugging stages now. >> reporter: not without some help from camp instructor code name aladdin. he's teaching them the tricks of the trade and the kids are teaching him a few things too. >> they're coming out with very original ideas, story-driven characters, more script, more about the content and less about just the basic shoot them up, beat them up type of games. we're getting really original content here. >eporter: some of these kids have been to tech camps before but none of them have experienced this twist. at the end of the week they don't just take their apps hope home, they publish them. are you going to put them on the app store? >> yes. >> reporter: how many downloads can you get for your game? >> i'm hoping to get -- i know i'll get more than 300. >> people are like, no way, i'll download it. >> reporter: it's made appy

campers out of these kidsds. >> the excitement they exude, go ahead and take your break, no, i want to work o my game. >> reporter: just maybe giving them an appetite for more. what do you want to be when you grow up? >> i have no idea. if it had to be this i'd be happy. >> don't call them nerds today because they'lln siege are signing your check tomorrow. >> that's right. >> you try to drag your kids off the computer and here they are. last laugh. announcer: do your part. woman: what does it feel like when a woman is having a heart attack? it can feel like there's a ton of weight on your chest. you could also feel squeezing, pressure, or discomfort. don't make excuses for these symptoms. make the call to 9-1-1.

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this morning on "world news now," breaking news. the deal is done. president obama and repepublica leaders finally agree on a plan to end the nation's debt crisis. >> but did it happen soon enough to stop the looming credit crisis? it is monday, august 1st. >> from abc news, this is "world news now."

>> good morning, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm tanya rivero. president obama announced the deal to the nation last night saying washington imposed this crisis on the american people, and now washington is ending it. asian markets jumped at the news and everyone is hoping wall street will too. you'll remember the dow closed down 540 points for the week on friday. right now, futures are up. >> lots of questions still about this, congress still has to approve it. they're going to take a major vote on tuesday. we still don't know whether all of this has protected our aaa credit rating. >> most likely we will not be maintaining that credit rating. >> 50/50 chance according to some folks. a big hurdle crossed, just not out of the woods just yet. after that story, a story that i love. is wine the ultimate remedy for protecting yourself from sunburn? why a new study suggests drinking wine or eating grapes could protect your skin from harmful ultraviolet rays, even

skin cancer. >> sounds good to me. >> news you can use. >> that's right, absolutely. and will you accept this rose? that's what these women n e hoping to hear as they look for love on abc's "the bachelor." we go behind the scenes at a recent casting call for the hit reality show. >> this is your story, what'd you think of those folks trying out? >> you've got to question their motivation. >> some just want to be stars, maybe some are really looking for love on national tv. >> the draw of reality tv is very strong. before all those stories, though, with that deadline looming president obama and top lawmakers finally have agreed on a debt deal. the plan though still has to be approved by congress. >> it will allow the government to keep borrowing money in exchange for massive cuts in spendidi. tahman bradley is joining us this morning from washington with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. after a contentious weekend of debate over raising the debt ceiling, finally a breakthrough. in washington, a sigh of relief. president obama announced, after an intense weekend of negotiating, a deal to raise the

national debt has been reached. >> i want to announce that the leaders of both parties in both chambers have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default. >> reporter: now congress has to vote on the agreement. bipartisan leaders spent the evening working to convince their rank and file to go along with the plan. >> we're not done e yet. i want to urge members of both parties to to the right thing and support this deal with your votes over the next few days. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid signed on to the keel in the late afternoon. after the republican leader in the senate signaled a deal was near. >> we are very, very close. >> reporter: all sides waited for house speaker john boehner to back the compromise. he presented to his caucus the plan on an evening conference call and phoned president obama mid-evening to say he was on board. the framework includes a debt ceiling increase of up to $2.4 trillion, enough to last through the next presidential election. agreement on up to $1.2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years. and a special congressional

committee to recommend additional deficit reduction of up to $1.5 trillion. >> message you send to the world, not just our markets but to the world, that the united states of america's going to default on its debts, is is a totally unacceptable scenario and beneath a great nation. >> reporter: president obama admitted this is not the deal he would have preferred but he thanked all sides for coming together to gegesomething done.. rob and tanya? >> coming together indeed. >> we'll see what tuesday, that big vote. major markets in asia and the u.s. saw futures rise sharply after the debt deal was announced last night. after the president spoke japan's nikkei jumped 1.8%. other markets also rallied due to the news. >> dow futures were up 182 points or 1.5%. economists warn the deal still has to be approved by congress. failure to pass could lead to a nosedive on wall street. we'll have the latest details on "america this morning" and "good morning america" and any time on

abcnews.com. now we turn to the middle east and one of the bloodiest days yet in the civilian uprising against syria's president. the government launched an all-out attack against protesters, causing so much carnage president obama called the reports horrifying. abc's alex marquardt has the latest. >> reporter: tanks rolled into one syria's biggest cities hama to strike back against residents who had all but rid the city of government forces. internet videos which we can't verify show smoke rising above the cityty shots ringing out, ad chaos in the streets as hama became a war zone. >> the worst thing i have seen in all, the tanks are shooting unarmed people with heavy guns. >> reporter: just a few weeks ago a peaceful hama greeted the american ambassador with flolors and olive branches. elsewhere government forces killed protesters in cities in the south and east of the country. in rare, undiplomatic language, the u.s. embassy spokesman in

damascus tonight blasted president ba saw her al assad's regime as evil and delusional. >> this is a regime that is horrific and murderous and vile and repulsive. get out your dictionary and find the most negative, nauseating adjectives that you can and we can attribute them to thiss regime. >> reporter: coming onon month-long muslim holiday of ramadan. syrians are expected to intensify their protests following nightly prayers, which means the crackdowns may only get worse. alex marquardt, abc news. the killing of hamid karzai's brother inn afghanista may not have been an assassination after all. a western official says ahmed walid karzai was gunned down by a close associate over a personal issue. the taliban had claimed responsibility for the killing but the official says a closer examination of the attack found the taliban claim untrue. the former president off egypt could be put o o trial as soon as thisweek.

hosni mubarak has been formally summoned by prosecutors to appear in a cairo courtroom wednesday. mubarak is accused of ordering the killing of protesters durig anti-government protests. there have been concerns about whether the 83-year-old was actually well enough to appear but activists say the health issue is just being used to delay the proceedings. and in guyana, a mirirulous story of survival. the pictures show what those terrifying moments must have been like as a caribbean airlines plane skidded off the runway during landing. as you can see the plane broke into pieces. unbelievably, all 162 people on board survived. only 30 people were injured. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. in alaska, two single-engine planes collided mid-air, causing one of them to crash, killing all four people on board. the other plane landed safely. there's no word yet on why the collision occurred but it is the second in-flight crash in alaska in three weeks. in louisiana, a man was arrested for letting his

8-year-old son drive down the interstate while dad took a nap. drivers on the highway noticed a ckup truck driving erratically and called police. that's when they found the 8-year-old behind the wheel and dad passed out drunk in the passenger seat. the boy's father billy joe madden is charged with child desertion, driving with an opep container in the car, and driving without seat belts. police don't know how long the boy was actually driving. by the way his 4-year-old little sister was in the back seat. >> horrible, horrible. >> unbelievable. driving all the way to dallas, a 5 500-mile trip. a very appreciative humpback whale is enjoying the open satisfy again after getting stuck in a predicament thatt almost claimed her life. >> researchers found the whale entangled in nylon netting off the coast of baja california. they put their lives on the line to save her and she paid them back with a very special thank you. >> reporter: when we first

approached the whale, shelves in horrible shape. the dedesion to rescue the whale came slowly. we knew there was a risk. but we decided to go for it. >> he knows what's going on. he's got to be able to breathe too. >> you could feel the power. we were pulled at least half a mile. >> watch out, watch out, watch out. come on, keep going. keep going, keep going. so close. >> she kind of knew that we were her chance, we were her lifeline. the moment when the whale got fully released from the netting -- >> wow! >> the show that she exhibited afterwards was just showing its joy of being alive. for a humpback whale that's a magnificent thing. >> mom i know what she's doing. >> what is she doing?

>> she's showing us she's all free. >> wow, what a great story. >> i love stories like that. >> cool. quite a show, look at that. >> oh my gosh, that tail hitting the water three, four times. >> happy to be free. free willie. here's a look at your weather. hail and high winds in philly, new york, and new england. also stormy fargo to minneapolis and michigan. heavy rain, flash flooding and possible dust storms in the desert southwest. off and on storms from omaha to the carolinas. >> extreme heat still from south dakota to florida. 91 in miami. 95 in baltimore. 89 in boston. 90s in kansas city, omaha, indianapolis. another triple-digit day in dallas and phoenix. 89 in albuquerque. here's a story we all like. runner-up for favorite story of the day. the key to protecting yourself against sunburn may be found in a simple glass of wine. >> yes. researchers say drinking wine or eating grapes could limit cell damage. they found that flavanoids in

grapes. cosmetic companies are already looking into copying the process to make sun screams acreams. >> skip the cream and go straight for the wine. >> more fun. all right, a group of german nuns are having a bake sale like none other. >> the nuns running a bakery south of berlin just whipped up, get this, 35,000 communion wafers for pope benedict's visit in september. the wafers are boxed and ready to be blessed by the pope at one of the holy masses. >> the nunss haven't received a order for berlin's 70,000 seat olympic stadium but that won't be a problem. they say they can fill that order in a single day of baking. those are efficient nuns. >> 35,000. >> they've got a lot of time. >> it's the pope, he wants to eat. >> it's under control, it's all under control. >> we'll be back with more "world news now" right after this.

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the framework for a debt ceiling deal seems to have done the trick. stock indexes in asia and stock futures here in the u.s. shot up on the news. >> despite all that, thouough, there is still a very real chance that the country's aaa credit rating that we've heard so much about could still be lowered because some of those proposed cuts won't happen for years. abc's bianna golodryga explains. >> reporter: nothing represents america's status as the world's

economic super power more than its aaa rating. it tells investors there's no safer place to put their money than in our treasury. meaning we can borrow at low interest rates. it's the engine of our economy, a reflection of our prosperity. our fiscal badge of honor. losing that badge used to be unthinkable. a point ouounation's leaders have made no attempt at sugarcoating. >> we could lose our country's aaa credit rating. >> if that happens you're going to see catastrophic damage across the american economy and across the global economy. >> reporter: yet even with a deal to raise the debt limit the unthinkable could very well become reality. of the three major rating agencies, s&p has been the most menacing, warning of a 50% chance of a downgrade to aa status in the next three months if washington doesn't come up with a significant plan to reduce the deficit by roughly $4 trillion over the next decade. so what would a aa nation look like? >> it will make us worse off. it's unambiguous in my mind that

we have constructed both a global system and a national system based on the u.s. being a aaa. if the u.s. loses that aaa status, it will be much more difficult for the u.s. to restore growth. >> reporter: why? first, interest rates will likely rise. making it more expensive for everyone. the u.s. government, private businesses, and you, to take loans. the value of the u.s. dollar could drop, making it more expensive to buy any imported goods. all of these scenariosombined could even trigger another recession. yet while a downgrade would no doubt be a painful blow, there are those who argue it would not be earth-shattering. so far, financial markets haven't panicked the way many predicted. interest rates remain flat, even after that stern warning of a downgrade. and even with all of turmoil, u.s. treasuries remain the most sought-after investment in the world. >> the rest of the world is watching. and this will do very little to reduce the concern that the rest

of the world has about the role of the u.s. in the global economy. >> reporter: and perhaps the biggest irony here is that the promise of larger deficit cuts at the beginning of this process is what set the bar so high for rating agencies. and of course, they're trying to redeem their names after that mortgage mess debacle. bianna golodryga, abc news, new york. >> it's so interesting because people seem to want to remain optimistic. this ends the sixth straight day of the d d sliding. nikkei was up even before the president began speaking. people seem to want to remain optimistic. >> to believe. i'm sure there's a reason the president decided to address the nation just about 9:00 eastern time last night, in order to set the stage for market activity, hoping things will shoot up because of the news, things finally settled down, a deal's been reached. >> timing is everything. >> we'll see what the day brings. we'll have the latest details on the debt deal, coming up not only on america but also on "good morning america" today. you can always find the latest any time on abcnews.com. when we come back we'll 2

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welcome back. you never know where exactly you may find your one true love. maybe it would even happen on a reality tv show these days. the current "bachelorette" casts certainly hope so. >> abc's already searching for the next "bachelor" cast. we checked out a recent casting call for the hit show. >> ashley, will you accept this rose? >> reporter: since 2002, abc's "the bachelor" has attracted hundreds of lovelorn women competing for the attention of one lucky bachelor. that's 15 seasons, nearly 400 women, 14 bachelors, and two marriages.

one of which actually resulted from a spin-off show "the bachelorette." you would think that no one in their right mind would subject themselves to this. >> what the hell's going on? >> reporter: or this. >> we're not right for each other. >> reporter: but you'd be wrong. just ask any of the women who turned up for the show's casting call in new york city. >> we're both fans of the show and thought it would be something fun to do. >> reporter: the crowd was made up of mainly women but a handful of men were also taking their chances on love. >> i thought i met mrs. right a couple of yes, there is ago, turns out she was only looking for a green card. >> reporter: fans of the show know it doesn't have the best track record for long-lasting relationships. so why risk it all? >> why not give it a shot? >> why not take a chance? >> why not? >> i figured why not? >> reporter: the timeless quest for true love appears to be alive as ever, despite the fact it's all happening on a reality show. >> it's cheesy but you just -- the end of the day, you just want someone that makes you

happen. >> people find true love on the subway, people find true love at the gym. what's the difference? >> reporter: for the show's producers, it's that sentiment that keeps hopeful romantics and viewers everywhere coming back for more. >> true love is so -- it touches me. sorry. beautiful. >> you have to be gutsy to put yourself out there like that, don't you think? >> people are not dumb, they know a tv reality show could lead to one thing or another. this show doesn't have a great tracacrecord for success. 15 seasons, two marriages, one of which is already divorced. just saying. >> fame and fortune can be yours. maybe not true love but fame and fortune. >> we'll be right back. medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company,

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"world news now" delivers your "morning papers." >> this first story near and dear to your own heart. >> near and dear to my heart. there's nothing unusual about a law student taking the bar exam. there's nothing unusual about a pregnant law student taking the bar exam.

there is something a little unusual about a woman having labor while taking the bar exam. >> going into labor during the bar. >> and she finished the exam. that's the clincher, she finished it, went to the hospital, gave birth an hour and a half later. >> really. >> isn't that amazing? we don't know whether she's passed yet but one can only assume she has. having gone through the process myself, not the bar exam but labor, i can tell you, you can't concentrate on anything. >> the pain -- not the most pleasant procece to put it mildly. i don't know how you focus long enough -- >> this woman is not named but whoever she is, i'm voting for her for president. >> she will be a great lawyer. >> that's right. she should negotiate the debt crisis. >> no kid recognize are octomom, we all know and love this woman. apparently new details have come out. this is a story from "usa today." she's putting a new spin or giving new details about her story here. she's saying that she was on a cocktail of drugs when she signed the consent form that allowed her to be implanted with 12 embryos and she was given

this paperwork and in this drug-fueled stupor did not really read it before she signed it. this is what she's saying now. and of course the doctor did this, lost his license in california because of what they deemed was gross negligence. she's saying she was drugged up and that's t t reason she got implonlt planted. >> i think there's a lot of the other things going on there. >> yes, indeed. >> the norway -- >> another sad story. >> the norway killer anders breivik may have had surgery to make himself look more aryan. according to norwegian intelligence officials he apparently bragged to a friend ten years ago about getting plastic surgery in the states to his chin and his nose. he certainly does look very aryan. >> lots of issues in the mind of that man. >> a lot of issues going on there. apparently people say in norway you don't have that aryan look naturally, which i'm really surprised by. >> oh, anders. okay. we picked some dark papers.

this story disturbs me too. this guy, 48 years old, he's tried to push openly -- pushed to fire openly gay teachers, he's written anti-american books, he wanted to ban the biography of martin luther king jr., he also believes diversity is a weakness, he has ties to a white supremacist group. he's the principal of a school in the bronx that is mainly teaching black and latino students. he was hired quietly two years ago, still on the job, now these details are emerging. >> i hope parents get ahold of we used to talk about everything. you were my mom. my best friend. now, do you even know who my friends are? remember that time we used to spend together? laughing - having fun.

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this morning on "world news now," breaking news. we have a deal. the president tells the nation he and republican lears have finally come together to end the debt crisis. >> asian markets are a aeady jumping at the news. will the u.s. markets rally too? it's monday, august 1st. >> from abc news, this is "world

news now." >> good monday morning, i'm rob nelson. >> i'm tanya rivero. you could almost hear the collective sigh around the world. the president timing his remarks to hit just an hour after the asian markets opened. he clearly came out to reassure the financial world that this crisis is over. but is it really? we'll tell you what has to happen next. >> that is the thing. this really is not over t. congress still has to approve this before the deadline on tuesday. plus still questions about whether we're going to get downgraded to that aa rating. >> some damage may already have been done. >> not out of the woods just yet. the big story of the day. on top of that, is the fbi just steps away from solving a mysterious case of d.b. cooper? we'll tell you about the new evidence in the hunt for the man who hijacked a plane over oregon way back in 1971. he jumped out of the back of that plane and has not been seen since. >> fascinating mystery, isn't it?

>> crazy. in this morning's insomni"ic theate theater", did the sci-fi western "cowboys and aliens" russell up box office gold? >> looked pretty good. >> i want to see it. >> i'll check it out. before all that, of course, we get to the new details on that ground-breaking agreement reached between president obama and top lawmakers just right before the deadline. the deal allows the government to continue borrowing money in exchange for more thann $2 trillion in spending cuts. abc's tahman bradley is joining us from washington with more. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. after a contentious weekend of debate over raising the debt ceiling, finally a breakthrough. in washington, a sigh of relief. president obama announced after an intense weekend of negotiating, a deal to raise the national debt has been reached. >> i want to announce that the leaders of both parties in both chambers have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default.

>> reporter: now congress has to vote on the agreement. bipartisan leaders spent the evening working to convince their rank and file to go along with the plan. >> we're not done yet. i want to urge members of both parties to do the r rht thing and support this deal with your votes over the nene few days. >> reporter: senate majority leader harry reid signed on to the deal in the late afternoon. after the republican leader in the senate signaled a deal was near. >> we are very close. >> reporter: all sides waited for house speaker john boehner to back the compromise. he presented to his caucus the plan on an evening conference call and phoned president obama mid-evening to say he was on board. the framework includes a debt ceiling increase of up to $2.4 trillion, enough to last through the next presidential election. agreement on up to $1.2 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years. and a spepeal congressional committee to recommend additional deficit reduction of up to $1.5 trillion. >> message you send to the world, not just our markets but to the world, that the united

states of america's going to default on its debts is a totally unacceptable scenario and beneath a great nation. >> reporter: president obama admitted this is not the deal he would have preferred but he thanked all sides for coming together to get something done. >> it wasn't exactly a joyous president obama who addressed the nation about 9:00 eastern time last night. his approach from the beginning has been this balanced idea which would have included tax reform and tax increases for corporations and the wealthiest americans that did not get into the final plan. >> he had to give up a lot for this final compromise. >> no one seems to be too happy which might be the hallmark of compromise. word of agreement has sent overseas markets higher this morning. the nikkei index rallied on the open up more than 1% in the first few minutes of trading today. >> there's also evidence that investors believe the deal is likely to pass in congress after the president's announcement, dow futures rose 1.5%. >> and of course we'll have much more on the debt deal coming up "good morning america" today.

in other news this morning the white house is slamming the syrian government after one of the bloodiest days in syria since the civilian uprising there began last march. syrian security forces launched an attack on several towns, killing at least 75 people, likely many more. president obama called the reports of carnage horrifying. protesters are promising to fight until president bashar assad leaves for good. two american hikers held in iran for two years now are going to have to wait just a few more days to learn whether they will actually go free. a judge is expected to decide in a week if the two men are guilty of spying as the iranian government has charged. abc's t.j. winick has more. >> reporter: this silent video is our only look inside their four-hour court hearing in which the two americans expected to learn their fate. shane bahher and josh fattal appeared well and in good spirits despite their two years behind bars.

accused of espionage, they insist they are innocent. along with companion sarah shourd, they were arrested in july 2009. they claim they were hiking, not spying, in a scenic area of northern iraq, unaware they were perilously close to iranian border. >> bring them home! >> reporter: shourd was released last september because of illness. she rallied with the fattal and bower families friday outside the iranian mission in new york city. >> shane and josh are two innocent men, two compassionate, beautiful people. if it wasn't for them, i wouldn't be standing here today and able to have the strength to go on. >> reporter: in a statement the family said, we pray the iranian authorities will show compassion. the coming days fill us with great hope but they will also be difficult for our families. >> we wawa and wait and the roller coaster is severe. it's affected our lives totally. >> reporter: lives that could soon be back on solid ground possibly within the week. t.j. winick, abc news, new york.

an insanity defense looks unlikely for the right wing extremist who admitted iling dozens in norway. a top doctor tells the associated press that anders breivik appears to have been in control of his actions during the attack. in norway, an insanity defense requires that a defendant be in a state of psychosis while committing the crime with which he is charged. the father of a missing 11-year-old girl is now begging his daughter to come home one week after she mysteriously disappeared. meanwhile police searched a nearby pond hoping to find any clues about what exactly happened to celina cass. >> frustrating. frustrating because i don't know where she is and i worry about her. >> reporter: for the first time since this investigation began six days ago, celina cass' family is breaking their silence. her father is making a desperate and public pleaaor information. >> i said to my folks today, i says, i got to say something. i says, i can't stay stuck

behind something all my life. i saidid this is my daughter, i got to open my mouth. i'm hurting and it bothers me. >> reporter: adam says days ago he was in a medically induced coma. he's had heart issues his entire life and it was in the hospital he first learned his little girl was missing. >> i can't believe that she's walked off. i -- i can't believe it. somebody's had to kidnap -- it's -- it's the only thing i can see has happened. she's not the type to just -- to walk off from somewhere. >> reporter: investigators have been working around the clock, looking for any clues surrounding selena's sudden experience. officials on sunday searched a pond near the home celina was friends continue a grassroots effort to spread her picture. celina's father is hoping for her safe return. >> i told her today on the news that daddy will be here when you come home. and i still will be. >> reporter: he is a man with a broken heart in more ways than one.

who credits his faith for helping him heal. do you have more good faith in the back pocket? >> better believe it. better believe it. i'll do anything for my daughter. >> reporter: several state and federal agencies are assisting in this investigation. authorities s day, though, saying morale remains incredibly high among the searchers. in stewartstown, new hampshire, adam harding for abc news. >> weird story. a huge bubble of hot, humid air is still smothering the middle of the country. >> summer ain't over yet. heat warnings, watches or advisories are now posted in more than a dozen states today and are bracing for the hottest temperatures of the summer this week, from texas up to kansas. dallas has hit 100 degrees or above every day for the past month. its second longest triple digit streak ever. >> whoo, they deserve a break. >> it is hot, man, chill out in texas, whoa. and here's the rest of your monday forecast. hail and gusty winds from the dakotas to theupper peninsula of

michigan. much of the same northeast philadelphia to portland, maine. heavy rain and flash flooding in the southwest. popup thunderstorms from omaha to the carolinas and florida. >> 90s from miami to new york. a scorching 107 down in dallas. 97 in kansas city. 88 in minneapolis. phoenix hits 105. sacramento 85. here's something that's going to make you feel old. >> i know, really. >> hard to believe but mtv is all grown up. it turns 30 today. the pioneering network aired what they were calling music videos, what are those, introduced by veejays. "video killed the radio star" was the very first video they played. >> seems like the last one too. apparently they don't play videos at mtv anymore, that's how old i am. mtv went on to air live concerts and spin off several other channels. in fact, a three-day look back at the big moment in mtv history is now airing on vh1. >> very exciting. >> very cool. 30 years.

>> i know. >> wow, crazy. >> i'm trying not to think about that too much. >> we're getting old. congratulations are in order for a new class of graduates who just made the grade out in san francisco. >> that's right, five penguin chicks rejoined their col know at the san francisco zoo over the weekend after successfully completing fish school. congratulations. the penguins spent a month learning how to swim and getting hand-fed, getting used to that interacting with people. the chicks may look a lot alike but the zookeepers there say they each have very different personalities. good for those guys. >> individuals just like people. >> show them love. maybe they'll stay close to home. like that one guy happy feet. >> do we know how happy feet is doing? is he halfway there yet? >> he could be at mcdonalds in california somewhere, we'll keep you posted. >> he's not going back. >> more "world news now" coming up after the break. ♪

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♪ i can feel it coming in the air tonight ♪ ♪ hold on >> a little phil collins. >> all right. the legend of d.b. cooper lives on. he's the guy who hijacked a plane in 1971, demanded a huge sum of money, then parachuted out never to be seen again. >> the story is so crazy. everyone secretly hopes he got away except of course for the fbi which right now is tracking down a very promising n clue in this case. here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: like a ghost, the eyes and the composite sketch have never blinked once. taunting question, who am i? now 40 years after the plane hijacked by the man known to criminal history as d.b. cooper landed without him, because he'd parachuted out the tail with $200,000 in ransom money, news that the fbi has a new lead. a spokesman is quoted as saying, our most promising lead. at the fbi forensic lab in quantico, virginia, they're said

to be looking at a piece of property belonging to an apparently new suspect which is all they're saying for now about a case that, because the bad guy was never found, has entered the annals of criminal legend. >> reporter: "skyjack" comes out in a few weeks. he was somebody who through his daring and courage and romanticism was able to change the way people think about something and he developed a cult following that continues to this day. ♪ have you ever seen old d.b. cooper again ♪ >> reporter: cooper, the name on the ticket he used that day in 1971, has been a chararaer for dozens of songs and tv shows. and one film "in pursuit of d.b. cooper," the story of a man in a suit w w shows up with what looks like a bomb, demands money, lets most of the passengers go and then jumps, never to be seen again. there's always been the suggestion that maybe having leapt into the dark somewhere over rural washington state, the so-called d.b. cooper died in his jump.

either way investigators have been plagued for years by what's called the cooper curse. promising leads including some 1,000 different possible suspects and the 1980 discovery of some of the ransom money in a riverbed, that always end up leading into yet another dead end. partly because the evidence, taken 40 years ago from the plane, was apparently never much to go on. >> there are problems with the integrity of the forensic evidence or there has been in e past. >> reporter: if this latest lead is most promising, who knows, maybe the ghost will blink at last. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> it's an incredible story. this guy's got to be pretty old at this point. >> right. and they're not saying whether he's dead or alive. they have apparently found some fingerprints and dna evidence, now they think they may have a better idea ofofhere he is, dead or alive. we'll see how it plays out. what a bizarre story. >> and what happened to the cash. >> all that money. when we come back, royal wedding 2. prince william's cousin got married over the weekend. >> how did the wedding stack up

against the family's big bash earlier this year? we'll have those details and more when we come right back.

queen elizabeth has been going to a lot of weddings lately. in april grandson william, then this weekend granddaughter zara phillips. >> zara never took a title and isn't in the family business so her wedding was a little more low-key than her cousin's. >> reporter: the bride looked radiant in her ivory satin dress with a glistening tiara borrowed from her mother princess anne. the groom looked dapper in his pinstripe suit. a far cry from their normal casual attire. on their wedding day they were beaming, calm and collected. by the way, he was five minutes early. the queen's oldest granddaughter zara was five minutes late. but who's counting?

she and hububby mike, a rugby sports star, sealed their marriage with a kiss and wowed the crowd. okay, so it wasn't quite like that other kiss on that balcony. but that's because these newlyweds don't like the spotlight. their wedding was so private that buckingham palace only released a few details. but the 1,500 well-wishers lining the streets -- some had even camped overnight -- were not disappointed. they got to cheer all the members of the royal family. there was the bride's mother in followed by her brother prince charles and the duchess of cornwall, who was wearing a mint green suit complete with a matching fascinator. finally, the couple the crowd really wanted to see, william and catherine. the queen was the last guest to arrive before the bride made her royal entrance. there were no really scary hats. oh, well, there was one. princess beatrice's choice.

but it didn't make a splash like that other creation that even had its own facebook page. no frightening outfits. just a low-key affair. followed by a reception at zara's grandma's official residence in scotland, which is, of course, a palace. not bad for a low-key event. >> you know, zara may want to keep it low-key but she still is 13th in line for the throro. >> only 13th? wait it out. one day, right? they are really low-key. they're not even taking a honeymoon. they're in training so they're going right back to work. >> she's a serious equestrian. hó

those movies neck and neck. >> a total tie. you don't see that, "smurfs" and "cowboys and aliens." it's time for "insomniac theater." this weekend at the box office it was pretty much a tie for number one between "the smurfs" and "cowboys and aliens." two similar movies. >> our digital news associate jace henderson chose "cowboys and aliens" and he's here with a review. >> yes. the title says it all. what was the basic gist of this? >> after hearing "cowboys and aliens" i wasn't sure if i was interested in seeing this movie. i went and saw it and it proved me wrong. "cowboys and aliens" is based on a popular graphic that was published in 2006. the story takes place in 1873. in it a mysterious outlaw played by daniel craig finds himself in the middle of the desert with a strange wristband and no idea who he is. he stumbles into an arizona dust town where he meets a craggy rancher played by harrison ford. they don't get along until

aliens arrive and blow up the town. the two men lead a motley crue of outlaws, cowboys and indian warriors to fight the invaders. let's take a listen to what some moviegoers had to say. >> i thought it was fantastic. it was interesting, it was action-filled, it was a whole lot of fun. >> the aliens wowed me. >> the characters, they had a lot of spirit to them. they were a lot of fun and had -- they were relatable. >> i like the story. i thought it was very imaginative. >> other than the action and science fiction, it had all of the values of a great western. >> they could have had more girl cowboys. >> i liked how the cowboys, no technology, all of a sudden, you know, became so adept at fighting an advanced civilization. >> the one thing that i really liked about this film was how they added the visual effect of this granulated film over it. so you're actually watching the movie, you feel like you're

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this morning on "world news now," breaking news. the president makes a deal. after weeks of negotiating, democrat and republican leaders finally agree on a plan to end the nation's debt crisis. >> and the president says your e-mails, phone calls and tweets made it happen.

it is monday, august 1st. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, i'm tanya rivero. >> i'm rob nelson. the president came out last night saying the process as we all know was messy and took way too long but the heavy lifting is now done. of course, though, congress still has to officially vote on this package. but mr. obama credited the american people who of course flooded the switchboards and congressional inboxes with pushing this deal through finally. not the deal he wanted or many folks wanted but it isis compromise. we'll see how congress votes. >> the 11th hour. >> the 11th half hour. >> that's right. then in what is being called a miracle, a plane that departed from new york carrying 162 people crashed in guyana and split in two. miraculously, no one was killed. today, investigators from the ntsb are on the grgrnd trying to figure out what happened. >> very lucky folks aboard that plane. wow. it's not your typical summer camp but it might be where the

next million-dollar idea is born. we head to the camp where kids are learning how to develop the apps of tomorrow. watch out, angry birds. i love this story. >> can i sign my kids up for this camp? >> no kidding. can we both retire early, be done, yes, let's go. >> mama needs to retire, kiddies, all right. but first, it came down to the wire but the president and congressional leaders have reached a deal to avert a financial crisis. >> the government can keep borrowing money in exchange for trillions of dollars in cuts but the plan must still be approved by congress. wabc's lucy yang has the details. >> most of all, i want to thank the american people. >> reporter: president obama addressed the nation for four minutes tonight outlining the tentative plan and explaining how it's a compromise for both sides, but a compromise worth passing. >> it will allow us to avoid default, it will allow us to pay our r lls, it will allow us to start reducing our deficit in a responsible way. >> reporter: it has been a roller coaster ride trying to solve the debt crisis, most of it downhill.

but finally, progress. congressional l aders have reached a tentative agreement. it would raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion. enough to get us through the next election cycle, which is what obama wanted. it would reduce spending by more than $1 trillion, spread out during the next decade, and include another $1 trillion in cuts, a special bipartisan committee to decide where to find the fat and report back in november. and here's the rub. if congress fails to pass what the committee decides, automatic cuts would be made to sacred cows like medicare and the military. the question, can leaders get their members to approve the measure? >> one problem can stop the whole agreement from going forward. we must get something done as quickly as possible. >> reporter: if washington fails to reach a deal by august 2nd and begins defaulting on its loans it would wreak financial havoc across the globe, a fiscal nosedive no political party can afford. >> we will avoid default, avoid

raising taxes,s, and begin to g the federal government's house in order by dealing with our biggest problem which is we've been spending entirely too much. >> all right, lucy yang from wabc reporting. here in new york, we were joking earlier if neither side is happy at's probably the hallmark of a good compromise. the republicans are upset about possible cuts to defense, democrats upset about possible cuts to medicare. some democrats upset too no tax increases were part of this, no revenue generation part of the final deal. which the president pushed for but ultimately had to abandon. because of political reality. >> none of this is a done deal yet even though foreign marks are rallying and everyone seems to believe what the president said, that this will go through. >> congress still has to vote, plus those important credit ratings are still not done yet. damage may already be done. if we get downgraded from aaa to aaaahe economic ripple of this is not settled just yet. so we'll see. >> it's not likely to be pretty. >> no, ain't over, as they say. >> that's right.

wall street is likely to bounce back big now that the debt crisis appears to be for the most part over. worried investors helped drive the market down last week with the dow falling more than 500 points. >> one economist predicts even with only the tentative deal in place the dow could rally for 200 points today. got those day traders poised at their computers ready to go. >> big day on wall street. of course we'll have much more on the debt deal coming up on "america this morning," also on "good morning america" later today. and you can find all the latest information any time at abcnews.com. president obama is calling the weekend government assault on civilian protesters in syria horrifying. at least 75 people were killed in one of the bloodiest days since the uprising began last march. one eyewitness said many more are likely dead. but peoplelere too afraid to go out into the streets to collect the bodies. the protesters are trying to force the president of syria out of office. and in guyana, a horrifying plane crash left the plane in pieces, yet miraculously, all 162 people on board survived.

abc's aviation correspondent lisa stark has the story. >> reportete for those on board it was a terrifying landing. >> i told my friend, you know, man, we going to die, we going to die. >> reporter: the plane skidded off the end of the runway in rain and darkness. it split into two. >> it happened suddenly. everybody was hysterical. you know, everybody was screaming. >> reporter: passengers scrambled to get out. >> we have to jump out of the plane. >> reporter: amazingly, everyone survived. >> it was serious. the plane practically broke in two. so that we should be very grateful for that. >> reporter: caribbean airline flight 523 started in new york's jfk airport, stopped in trinidad, then on to guyana. it was 1:30 in the morning and raining when the plane touched down and kept going, through a fence and on to a dirt road. >> the first thing investigators are going to look at are what we call the flight dynamics. in other words, where did they touch down on the runway? how far down? was it too far? how fast were they? was there water on the runway

that would have let them hydroplane on a thin film of water? >> reporter: another question, was pilot fatigue a factor? with the boeing 737 landing in the wee hours of the morning? about 30 planes a year worldwide run off the side or the end of a runway according to a study by the flight safety foundation. most of this happens on landing and most, such as this accident in jamaica in 2009, are not fatal. the passengers on the caribbean airlines flight in guyana were indeed lucky. there was no fire. and the jet stopped just short of a 200-foot ravine. another key question, did the pilots of this plane forget to open the wing flaps that would have been critical for slowing the plane down on landing? it appears from the pictures they may not have been deployed. the black boxes have been recovered. they will help unravel this accident. lisa stark, abc news, washinon. and the frantic search continues for a missing new hampshire girl who was last seen

nearly a week ago. divers searched a pond yesterday for clues to the disappearance of 11-year-old celina cass. her father pleaded for the girl's return. he was in the hospital when she disappeared.d. >> if she hears me now, tell her daddy's okay now, i'm getting much better, i'm recovering from the hospital. so whenever you're ready to come home, daddy will be here for you, waiting for you. whoever else can give information to the officers who are in charge, state troopers and warrant police station, any of the officers, be grateful, my appreciation. >> the fbi is offering a $25,000 reward for information in the case and a community member has added another $5,000. he may be the fbi's most elusive fugitive, but now the law enforcement agency says it has a promising new lead in the d.b. cooper mystery. he was the only person to ever hijack a plane and never be caught. he parachuted from a commercial

jet somewhere over the northwest, taking with him $200,000 in ransom money. the fbi is not saying what this new clue is just yet but the agency says it is the best lead a bizarre case there. es. >> it is a fascinating mystery. people have been obsessed with this. >> they don't even know whether d.b. is alive or dead at this point. we'll see. >> a lot of conspiracy theories surrounding this one too. >> always are. here's your monday forecast. severe storms from the dakotas to michigan and the northeast. scattered thunderstorms from omaha to kansas city to little rock, new orleans and the carolinas. heavy monsoon downpours from albuquerque to denver and salt lake city. >> a mild 74 in seattle. 93 in boise. 99 in colorado springs. near 90 in minneapolis, chicago and detroit. dallas hits 107. still way too hot down there. new orleans meanwhile at 94. atlanta 93. 91 here in new york. 89 in boston. >> i'm glad it's cooled off relatively here. >> nice little break.

there's a new kind of rodeo wowing crowds in idaho and there's not a horse, cattle or cowboy in sight. >> instead, the western states rodeo is all backhoes and hard hats. it's a search for the best heavy equipment operator in the northwest. every participant has to demonstrate their skill in several events including tire stacking and navigating through an obstacle course. >> that's tricky. the top contenders will compete at the end of the month for a chance to win a heavy-duty pickup truck. i could use one of those. >> very nice. i hear the swimsuit competition was pretty fun too. so that's good. good work out there, guys. more "world news now" coming up. hó how do you get your bounce?

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when you think of somalia you might think of the pirates who have hijacked so many ships over the years. but that is only one piece of

proof that somalia is a truly failed state. >> and more proof, the tens of thousands of starving people on the move trying to reach refugee camps in nearby kenya. abc's david muir is in somalia, the first american correspondent there. >> reporter: we flew into mogadishu with the u.n. they now say the crisis here in somalia is by far the most serious food emergency in the world. and this week is the first of the aid to reach the city's capital. there was something else. a gun battle. african peacekeepers trying to protect the food and the fragile government here firing deadly shots at islamic militants. members of al shabaab who have a grip on much of this country. this crisis is at a breaking point. tens of thousands fled this country by foot. some walking more than 100 miles to neighboring kenya, traveling what the u.n. calls the roads of death. we traveled the perilous route too.

and then this mother sitting beneath a tree. she was almost there. how long was her journey? ten days, she tells us. these are all her belongings from somalia? yes, she says. her own children have run ahead to the tents that now pepper the horizon. the first sign these refugees are nearing the camps. the children who race to keep up with us, their smiles have returned. the number of refugees swelling in the desert outskirts. so many now that the doctors have come to them. >> this is an ambulance? >> yes, ambulance. >> reporter: they take us inside their makeshift clinic. >> so this is the waiting area here? >> reporter: mothers putting their children i ihanging buckets to weigh them. the hunger has now spread here beyond the most susceptible, beyond babies and toddlers. it's the older children too. but they say if they can just get them the nutrients, you'd soon see what we did.

doctors without borders allowed our camera into their intensive care unit at the refugee camp. when we saw this little girl, tiny bones and her sagging skin, the hospital director immediately told us he saw something else. she was sitting up. for the first time. she's only been here two days? this is the third day? and you can say that she's going to be okay? >> yes. she's going to be okay. >> reporter: so many families waiting for that food. while we were at the airport day the world food program did deliver 14 tons of those nunuitional supplements, those mini meals for children. as we also discovered today, making sure those meals get to the right people is proving to be an enormous and dangerous challenge here as well. david muir, abc news. >> there's a heart-breaking story. >> it really is. >> it's good to see some of the aid making it in. some of it, to more than 2 million people, aid can't get there because it's being blocked there.

just crushing. people literally dying, thousands of them, because they can't get the goods that they need just to live. >> and if you want to figure out how you can help, go to abcnews.com/help. more information for folks who want to do something. >> drought and famine, they need all the help they can get. get on the website and give what you can. david's done a great job reporting there. he'll be there all week so stay tuned for all of his stories and "world news with sauds" and other shows throughout the week. when we come back we'll lighten the mood a little bit with "the skinny." lighten the mood a little bit with "the skinny." stay with us.om nratocar.u toecy got thesedll got to fwatoget omsi

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our first "skinny jiction of the week, very exciting. the queen of daytime talk oprah winfrey left her show in grand fashion to start her own network, own. another black eye for the network. jenny mccarthy who was a frequent guest, big advocate for parents of children with autism, apparently was developing a show for oprah's network but is backing out of the project and shopping the show for nbc, getting out of the own. according to reports she didn't like the way producers were taking the direction of her show and she pacacd her bags and said, i am out of here. one source said jenny wasn't thrilled with the direction producers were going. >> how buys is that to turn your back on the big o. >> don't doubt the queen. don't doubt oprah. >> we'll see. >> we'e' see how that works o.

all right, "the daily news" is reporting that "the sunday mirror" is reporting that y winehouse was about to adopt a 10-year-old caribbean girl. she was in the process of going through with this adoption when she died last week. apparently she spent a lot of time at a resort on the island of st. lucia where she met 10-year-old danica augustine whose grandmother runs a beach bar near the resort. the girl told reporters, amy was already my mother, i would call her mom, she calls it the worst thing that's ever happened to me, meaning amy winehouse's death. >> maybe she had other issues going on in her life she needed to deal with before child-rearing. >> adopting a child, yeah. that's a big, big step to take. >> interesting tidbit, the more we find out since her passing. pippa middleton, a name we all know as much as kate middleton these days. apparently according to some plastic surgeons we've bee quoting in the news now, guess what the latest craze is. ever since the big royal wedding back in april. e pippa butt lift. apparently people, in that white dress, loved pippa's backside. >> she has a nice derriere. >> she apparently does. a lot of people think that -- she has a reality show -- >> you think it's no kim kardashian, i understand. >> all i'm saying, one point on

this issue. i think she's an attractive woman with a certain degree of sex appeal. how do we go from j. lo and kardashian to a very different look on pippa? i'm just saying it's not my preference. but god bless. it is a new craze. >> i'm not going to go there. >> that's okay, i'll take it on facebook. i'll take the phone calls. i will defend the k.k.s and the j. los of the world and they're very well-rounded people. >> meatloaf fans got a big scare last night in the middle of his concert. the 63-year-old bat out of hell singer collapsed and lay on the stage unconscious for about ten minutes before he got back up, dusted himself off and finished the concert. >> really? >> ten minutes. >> that asthma thing, i heard. must have been a scary moment for him to collapse. kept on going. you don't see that a lot. >> he did have to cancel his appearance tonight at the cincinnati reds stadium to recover. still very impressive the way he came back from that. >> i think i heard reports the

band kings of leon was in dallas over weekend and one of the lead performers was like, it's too hot, canceled the show. a big mess. >> a literal bat out of hell. >> meatloaf soldiered on. we'll end the show with miley cyrus. i didn't know this. she loves her tats. she's tatted up. tattoo number seven apparently. she likes to make a statement. she's coming out in support of gay marriage. something she's done publicly before. she got an equal symbol etched on her middle finger. she showed a picture on her twitter account here. she believes all love is equal she wrote on twitter. apparently she's been getting tatted up since she was under the age of 18, which was controversial. tattooed on the inside of her ear. [ drew ] what's the latest in eye couture?

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school after the white house did not name her the head of the agency that she helped create. and finally this half hour, our favorite story of the day. oh, man. >> it's monday, we're all a little slow, it's all right. summer camp usually means being outdoors, swimming, hiking, crummy food, things like that. >> at stanford university, middle school campers are spending all their time indoors at their computers, hoping to creaea the next great app. reporter jonathan plume of kgo in san francisco stopped by. >> an iphone game. it's kind of l le based on mario kind of. >> reporter: margaret chan's developing a classic-style video game called gem collectors. >> you're trying to collect all the gems in each level. >> reporter: it's sure to be a hit with kids. margaret would know that better than anyone. you're how old? >> 10. >> reporter: welcome to app camp. it's a one-week program on the stanford campus that gives middle schoolers a taste of software development. your classmates are all playing video games and d u're making video games. >> feels like i'm on top.

>> reporter: ethan davidson's making a falling block game. >> top all the green blocks without having the red blocks fall off the platform. >> reporter: he and his classmates are in the debugging stages now. >> you jumped where there wasn't anything to jump off of. >> yeah, i have to fix that. >> reporter: not without some help from camp instructor code name aladdin. he's teaching them the tricks of the trade and the kids are teaching him a few things too. >> they're coming out with very original ideas, story-driven characters, more script, more about the content and less about just the basic shoot them up, beat them up type of games. we're getting really original content here. >> reporter: some of these kids have been to tech camps before but none of them have experienced this twist. at the end of the week they don't just take their apps home, they publish them. are you going to put them on the app store? >> yes. >> reporter: how many downloads do you think you can get for your game? >> i'm hoping to get -- i know i'll get more than 300. >> everyone has live phone. then if you say you have an app people are like, oh, no way, i'll download it. >> reporter: it's made "appy"

campers out of these kids. >> the excitement they exude, go ahead and take your break, no, i want to work on my game. >> reporter: just maybe giving them an appetite for more. what do you want to be when you grow up? >> i have no idea. if it had to be this i'd be happy. >> reporter: at stanford, janua jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> don't call them nerds today because they'll be signing your check tomorrow. >> that's right. >> you try to drag your kids off the compmputer and here they ar. last laugh. announcer: when you earn your ged diploma, the barriers in your life fall. earn your ged diploma and begin your brighter future.